Check Your National Insurance Record

You can check your National Insurance record online to see:

• what you have paid, up to the start of the current tax year (6 April 2019)
• any National Insurance credits (external link) you have received
• if gaps in contributions or credits mean some years do not count towards your State Pension (they are not ‘qualifying years’)
• if you can pay voluntary contributions (external link) to fill any gaps and how much this will cost

Before You Start

You need a Government Gateway user ID and password to check your National Insurance record. If you do not have a user ID, you can create one when you check your record.

Personal Tax Account

Signing in to the ‘Check your National Insurance record’ service activates your personal tax account. You can use this to check your HMRC records and manage your other details.

• Check your HMRC records (external link) on GOV.UK's website

Other Ways to Apply

You can request a printed National Insurance statement:

• online (external link)
• by phone (external link)

You will need to say which years you want your statement to cover. You cannot request statements for the current or previous tax year.

You can also write to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).

National Insurance contributions and Employers Office

HM Revenue and Customs

BX9 1AN